Changes to eligibility for the personal independence payment (Pip) will not be made until after a review of the benefit’s assessment process.

Prime Minister Keir Starmer gave away the last of the savings from his signature welfare overhaul to avoid a damaging rebellion that threatened to inflict a historic defeat on his government.Social Security Minister Stephen Timms announced on Tuesday afternoon that the government wouldn’t introduce planned changes to disability assessments — which determine the level of benefit payments — until after a wider review of the system due by the fall of 2026.